Traverse City, MI

What the Data Says About TVC

Traverse City, MI in Traverse City, Michigan handled 50,174 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 81.3% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 9,362 experienced delays, 503 were cancelled, and 47 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.00%, the diversion rate to 0.09%, and the average delay when departures run late is 84.4 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing TVC against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at TVC, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 38.5% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 30.7% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 19.8%. Weather contributes 10.9% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, May runs the cleanest at TVC with a 94.1% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 88.4% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in July, when average flights hit 1,270. The busiest route from TVC is to TVC (Traverse City), with 10,126 flights at a 77.1% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 81.3% on-time, 84.4-minute average delay, 1.00% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Traverse City, MI.